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JenP
Antidote | Karen Russell
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Birthday hall plus the tagged book which just so happened to arrive on my birthday from the Harvard first editions signed book subscription. My daughter and I are playing hooky from school and work to spa, eat fancy foods, and read 🥳

Mimi28 Happy Birthday 🎊🎂🎁📚📚😍😍 1w
AmyG Happy Birthday 🎂 Sounds like a great day. 1w
Ruthiella Happy birthday! 🥳🥳🥳 1w
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dabbe HB! 🤩🤩🤩 1w
squirrelbrain Great #camplitsy haul! 😝 Have a great birthday! 1w
BarbaraBB Happy birthday Jen! You‘re all set for #CampLitsy25! You‘ll love Wild Dark Shore! 1w
Suet624 How fun! Happy birthday! 1w
JenP @squirrelbrain it is 😂. I also just finished Audition which isn‘t pictured. 1w
JenP @BarbaraBB ooh, that‘s good to hear. I‘m very excited about most of them. Just finished audition and looking forward to that discussion 1w
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Chelsea.Poole
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Pickpick

#WomensPrizeNF It‘s obvious Summerscale has done the research and thoroughly explored all aspects of the case, including the time period. Apparently a notorious case in England, these murders of women in the 1950s illuminate the hardships for women and the misogyny that permeated society. The trial and aftermath of the case are explored, and I kept feeling like this took place way longer ago than just the 50s because things have changed so much.

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catiewithac
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Pickpick

This was one of my most anticipated reads of 2025. It‘s a story about grisly serial murders in post-WWII London. We see how two different journalists covered the notorious crimes for both newspaper and legal review case study. It‘s a must-read for true crime addicts, but WARNING: sexual violence to women. #truecrime

Librarybelle I‘m looking forward to this one! 3w
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bio_chem06
The Antidote | Karen Russell
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I read three bangers in a row but The Antidote was the best book this year, absolutely incredible. I personally did not enjoy The Long Island Compromise.

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GidgetsTreasures75
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Mehso-so

4-27-25: My 30th finished book of 2025! A novella about a woman who has lost her husband and is trying to navigate the next steps of her life while being bombarded by crazy mishaps and coincidences. Satirical is in the title and I guess it was, you definitely can‘t take it seriously by half way through, but it was entertaining and luckily a super quick read. ⭐️⭐️⭐️📖#️⃣3️⃣0️⃣

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LeslieO
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Happy #IndependentBookstoreDay ! #bookhaul #booksandcoffee #TalkingLeavesBooks

The John Green was the only one on my radar the others are spur of the moment picks.

Ruthiella Nice! 👍 1mo
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Hooked_on_books
The Gulf: A Novel | Rachel Cochran
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Pickpick

In 1970s Texas, Lou is a mostly closeted lesbian who lost part of her livelihood when Miss Kate died and is now at a crossroads since a hurricane decimated her small town. Then Kate‘s daughter Joanna returns to town and more upheaval ensues. Part mystery, part portrait of a community, this starts a bit slowly but fully hooked me. I really enjoyed it.

dabbe 🖤🐾🖤 1mo
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Nebklvr
The Antidote | Karen Russell
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Mehso-so

This was interesting but not engaging. The characters resembled game pieces. If there was a plot, it was vague enough to escape notice. The author‘s descriptions of the dust storms were the most visceral and true of anything in the novel.

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intothehallofbooks
The Antidote | Karen Russell
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Panpan

After 43 days, I am calling it. I can‘t push myself any further. I tried the digital arc that I received, then I added the audio, then I added a print copy, in hopes that I would be able to push thru. I love this period of US History, but the slow meandering plot just did me in. Also, at this part of the book, some things were added to the story that I felt just slowed it down further and didn‘t make sense with where things were going. I read 👇🏻

intothehallofbooks the last few chapters and, honestly, I wish I‘d have stopped trying weeks ago. Many people love this one, so don‘t take only my word for it. It just sadly wasn‘t the book for me. Thanks to Knopf for allowing me to read this one. I love Dust Bowl stuff and it stinks that this one didn‘t work out for me. 1mo
Ruthiella She‘s not for me. hated her debut 1mo
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bookaholic1 At least you tried right..there's alot of books to read out there than continue reading one you can't get into 1mo
intothehallofbooks @dabbe @bookaholic1 I should have bailed sooner! 1mo
intothehallofbooks @Ruthiella I was curious about her other books before trying this one, but now I don‘t think I‘ll be picking them up 😬 1mo
dabbe @intothehallofbooks Well, next time a book doesn't hit you in just the right way, #hailthatbail and get outta there! 🤣😍🤩 1mo
Aims42 Thank you for the honesty. I was next in line on my library‘s wait list for this, but it does not sound like what I want to read right now. I canceled my hold, hopefully the person behind me is excited now 😄 1mo
intothehallofbooks @Aims42 You can always go back to it if the mood strikes you! 1mo
Aims42 @intothehallofbooks That‘s exactly what I thought too 😁👍 1mo
Nebklvr If I hadn‘t paid full price, I would have ditched it happily. 1mo
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SaraBeagle
The Antidote | Karen Russell
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It doesn‘t always work out when authors try to wrap up everything beautifully with an explanation of the deeper meaning, but she does this wonderfully! I loved the ending!

Also loved reading about Genoa, NE, my grandparents‘ old stomping grounds 🥰